Rabbit
Good tidings are back in your favor. Take a leap of faith and seize the day. This is an extremely promising month, and you have a lot of potential for happiness in it. In your workplace, you will soar higher than you can imagine. Your creative ideas should earn you a lot of praise. Just remember to acknowledge your loved ones.

Horse
You may experience an overflow of good news and fantastic gifts that will be a shock even for you. Watch out for an unexpected investment opportunity. You will also enjoy positive vibes from your friends and family, as well as cordial relationships with your coworkers this month. Be more accepting of their ideas.

Monkey
Expect some hiccups along the way, but you can manage them as you have the energy to help you control the direction you want to go. Keep your feng shui cures handy and put some thought into spending right and spending well. There is still some wealth luck to harness this month.

Dragon
This month will be a very busy one for you, all in a good way. There will be positive developments in all aspects of your private and professional life. Go with the change and move with the tide to reap your rewards. If you are single, you may have the chance for romance if you give someone the opportunity to come into your life.

Sheep
Investment opportunities will be flying into your direction, just be careful as some deals could just be too good to be true. This may not be the time, so you are better off waiting for the right chance before stepping into any of them. If you had been hoping for some promotion or professional break, this could be the time for your energy and effort to be rewarded.

Snake
You have vitality in your career but be a good team player to make the most of opportunities. Your boss will appreciate your selflessness. If you are not in a relationship, cupid has reached out to you this month. If you ca not decide on a suitable partner, seek advice. Hash out your next step with your partner to avoid any hitch or misunderstanding.

Rooster
A lot of exciting surprises ahead. How about a change of hair color and wardrobe to show the world a new you? If a windfall materializes, perhaps you should use the money to fund a project that shows real potential. It is all up to you.

Dog
Dream big and put your plans into action because the stars are in your favor. Your energies are more grounded and there will be wonderful experiences to enjoy. Some minor negativities possible but not that serious and which could be handled by proper feng shui cures.

Boar
Many positive things are coming your way; enjoy what is to come. Your productivity at work combined with good relationship with your colleagues will help advance your career. You may be more likely to meet possible business partners. Even your love life is on the upswing this month.

Rat
People will expect a lot of you and this can be overwhelming. Stick to your current priorities to reap your rewards. If you are in a relationship, issues will bother you both and cause misunderstanding. Single Rats should protect themselves from people who are out to take advantage of them.

Ox
Your inner strength will be challenged. Relationship with your partner will experience some snags, but it is best to just let things slide as you both deserve to be happy in each others a rift with your colleagues. Move forward towards where the good energy is.

Tiger
Prepare to have the best energy you can possibly have this month. Traveling of any sort will require increased protection. Efficiency at work will be reduced. Relationships can be affected as well, so be careful and do not get distracted by small matters. Proceed carefully, and always think about what you want to say and be circumspect.

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With a bit of luck, some geomancy and lots of prayers

With a bit of luck, some geomancy and lots of prayers PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Something Like Life
/ http://stella-arnaldo.blogspot.com
Thursday, 21 January 2010 15:53

THERE was a time in Marites Allen’s life when she didn’t feel on top of the world like she does now.

“I got married early, and had three small children back in Cebu, then my marriage fell apart. I also lost my mother in a tragic accident. I didn’t understand why all these things happened.” At that time, she was working for AusAid, the Australian government’s overseas assistance program, and some of Marites’s bosses were into feng shui, or the science of geomancy. It was explained to her that she was married to the wrong guy and that her house had “bad feng shui”. Eventually, she moved to Manila to start her life anew.

While she continued her work for AusAid, her marriage to her first husband was annulled. Having changed certain aspects in her life and her abode, “I was able to activate my love life. There were many of them [suitors], but it took careful selection and careful assessment [of our signs]. There was this one guy, however, who was persistent and had very sincere intentions, who didn’t care if I had one or 50 kids! He said, ‘I’ll still marry you.’”

So Marites married her guy, an Englishman whose name she declines to reveal, “because he is very private,” and also had a child with him. “So I am proof that feng shui really works!” she squeals in joy.

It was almost by accident that Marites eventually found herself from just dabbling in feng shui to actually pursuing it to become a professional practitioner.

“It’s always been my ambition to meet the authors of the feng shui books I read. Sometime in the late-’90s, my husband and I were on a holiday in Hawaii with our three-month-old baby. We were looking at some feng shui trinkets that I wanted to buy—as if I couldn’t buy them in the Philippines,” she laughingly recalls. “Then I heard a loud jolly voice behind me and when I turned around, it was Lillian Too [master feng shui practitioner and a prolific author of books on feng shui]!”

Marites and Lillian eventually became good friends and under the latter’s guidance, she began her feng-shui studies. “We’re so lucky in this generation that we have the opportunity to get mentorship [from actual practitioners].”

Marites’s mastery of feng shui came after years of training and mentorship from various other masters in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and China, as well as memberships in professional feng-shui societies worldwide.

She is highly skilled in different schools of feng-shui, including the Eight Aspirations Theory, Eight Mansions, Flying Star Astrology, Four Pillars of Destiny and Auspicious Date Selection.

She says she set up the World of Feng Shui (WOFS) at The Podium in Ortigas Center in 2004 “just as a hobby.” She describes it was her “baby,” not really like it is now, when it’s actually become a business. (WOFS is a chain of boutiques founded by Lillian and franchised by Marites, who is president of WOFS Philippines. There are many WOFS branches all over the world.) The boutiques can now be found at The Serendra, The Block in SM North Edsa, Glorietta 4, Makati, SM Mall of Asia and in Metro Cebu.

“I’m so amazed with how the public has responded to it. Like following the recent Typhoon Ondoy, people were so depressed, and I suppose they needed some bit of good luck [and so they came to me or to the store].”

She has become a virtual household name, making frequent appearances on TV and radio, and is regularly featured in newspapers and magazines. She is also the official content developer of the daily astrology forecasts for the subscribers of a telecommunications company.

This Saturday, January 23, Marites will be holding the 5th Philippine Feng Shui Convention at the Center Stage of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, and on February 6 in Cebu City.

Aptly themed “Feng Shui Spectacular 2010: Riding the Golden Tiger,” the convention will also be graced by well-known TV personalities and performers providing special numbers. “The event promises to be another insightful and entertaining experience for the entire family,” Marites says enthusiastically.

At the convention, she will be sharing valuable feng-shui information that one needs to prosper in the Year of the Tiger, which officially begins on February 14. Despite some challenges expected during the year, Marites says, “we can be in control of our future by using our inborn talents and resources, by being aware of what lies ahead and knowing how to harness the natural energies that surround us.”

Feng-shui readings, she explains, help us “be aware” of what lies ahead, so we can change certain aspects of our life to counter any impending misfortune.

But Marites is the first to admit that we can’t be lucky all the time. “Every five to 10 years, your luck changes.” And there are some things, like fate, that can’t be changed by feng shui. She cites the passing of former President Corazon Aquino, whose path chee chart Marites has analyzed. “Her body was too wracked by disease,” she says, that even using feng-shui charms, for example, or rearranging furniture could not have prevented her passing.

She adds that when the former President died, “it was on August 1, the day of the Tiger, and she is a Monkey [1933]. It was a conflict day. Her time of death was 3:18 am, and between the hours of 3 and 5 am is the Tiger hour. So it was also in conflict with her sign.” On her web site, Marites says that August 1 was one of those “inauspicious” dates she highlighted in the former President’s chart.

She also explains that there are three types of luck. There’s “heaven’s luck”, where some people are already born good-looking or rich, making them 30-percent luckier than most. There is also “mankind luck”, where your actions or decisions produce either positive or negative results. For example, if you are lazy, how will you earn money to put food on the table? Then there is “earth luck”, which feng shui addresses and enhances. Through feng shui, one can arrange one’s house, for instance, to let the good energy, or chi flow, thus boosting one’s prospects in certain areas of one’s life.

But being a Catholic, Marites believes all that so-called luck won’t mean a thing if we don’t pray. “Using charms are important. Knowing the lucky directions is also important. But everything comes from Him,” she stresses, and prayers go hand in hand with enhancing one’s luck. In the same manner, prayers won’t result in anything positive if you don’t do anything to improve your life.